Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Jewish >> 2023 >> Galas

UK Jewish Film Festival 2023

View other UK Jewish Film Festival Films by strand: Americas and Australia Film Programme, European Programme, International Documentaries, Israeli Film Programme

My Daughter, My Love My Daughter, My Love
My Daughter, My Love and My Father's Secrets
Kidnapped (Rapito) (Country: Italy, France, Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Marco Bellocchio; Writer: Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Edoardo Albinati; Stars: Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Timi)
In 1858, a six-year-old Jewish boy is forcibly seized from his family by the Catholic church.
Full Review
My Daughter, My Love (Country: Israel, France; Year: 2023; Director: Eitan Green; Writer: Eitan Green; Stars: Sasson Gabay, Sivan Levy, Clément Aubert)
A 70-year-old widower travels to Paris to visit a childhood friend. He stays with his daughter and discovers that her marriage is falling apart. He decides to help. In the process, he finds out that he and his daughter share both dreams and desires of which they had been previously unaware.
Full Review
My Father's Secrets (Les Secrets De Mon Père) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Véra Belmont; Writer: Véra Belmont, Michel Kichka, Valérie Zenatti; Stars: Michèle Bernier, Jacques Gamblin, Arthur Dupont, Esteban Oertil)
A family's journey to reconciliation after facing the trauma of the Holocaust.
Full Review
One Life (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: James Hawes; Writer: Lucinda Coxon, Nick Drake; Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Johnny Flynn, Adrian Rawlins, Samantha Spiro, Marthe Keller, Alex Sharp, Ziggy Heath, Tom Glenister, Tim Steed, Julia Westcott-Hutton, Samuel Finzi)
Biopic of Nicholas Winton, who was responsible for the Kindertransport project.
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now
Festival Image

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

Abertoir

DOC NYC
New York's celebration of factual film

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
One of the largest film gatherings in northern Europe

French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema

London Korean Film Festival

In the Archive
Competition Picture


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.